The Clarksville-Montgomery County Economic Development Council (EDC) will host its fifth annual growth summit on Thursday, August 25 at the Riverview Inn. This half-day public event and will feature recognized leaders in economic development who will address topics such as global and local economies, strategic planning for the future, technology, entrepreneurialism and what drives business decisions. Highlighting this year’s summit is keynote speaker Enoch Moeller, site operations manager for the Google data center in Lenoir, N.C

State of Tennessee Economic and Community Development (ECD) Commissioner Randy Boyd visited Clarksville this morning to present the Industrial Development Board (IDB) a check for a little more than $212,000. The site development grant was awarded to select communities across Tennessee to prepare economic development sites for market.

SmartAsset, a personal finance technology company, ranks Clarksville, Tennessee, #7 on its list of top 25 cities in the United States where home ownership among millennials is above average and on the rise. Per the study, a total of 34% of Clarksville’s roughly 50,000 millennials own their homes, a percentage that has increased over the past decade.

More than 120 new industrial jobs are coming to Clarksville-Montgomery County through two business expansions valued at a combined $50 million-plus, the local Industrial Development Board has confirmed.

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During the November 5 informal county commission meeting, Commissioners will be presented with a resolution to approve three air monitoring stations on two sites in the Clarksville-Montgomery County Corporate Business Park South along International Boulevard.

With the recent news that the State of Tennessee now ranks number five in the nation for median household income growth, it is time to take notice and pay attention to how Clarksville-Montgomery County stacks up.